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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
The GG team played slow and on the perimeter.
IMO the team tonight dominated the play, looked fast and dangerous.
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I think it's revisionism to say the GG team played on the perimeter. They definitely played between the hashmarks offensively.
What they didn't find were rush chances, or activate the defense properly. A huge part of that is that they didn't play as a five man unit, they played as three-forward-units while the defense didn't leave the wall areas to make plays. They also lost Tkachuk and Brodie down the stretch - your best netfront deflector and your best puckrushing D.
I agree the team played slow under Gulutzan, but they didn't play on the perimeter. That was a narrative that seemed convenient because they'd lose with 40+ shots so consistently, but it never happened.